Fatemeh Davand Archives - KHRN

April 11, 2022

Turkey: Detained former Kurdish political prisoner faces deportation risk

Turkish police have detained on 7 April a former Kurdish woman political prisoner, who holds Iranian citizenship, in Kayseri, central Turkey, and have transferred her to the city's centre for the deportation of asylum seekers. Fatemeh Davand left Iran in January 2022 and has been living in Turkey as a political asylum-seeker ever since. "I was detained by the police for no reason in a shopping...

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July 25, 2020

Prisoner Detained During November Protests Sentenced to 5 Years and 5 Months in Prison and 30 lashes

Kurdish civilian Fatemeh Davand was sentenced to 5 years and 5 months in prison and 30 lashes in two separate cases decided at the Bukan Criminal Court and the Mahabad Revolutionary Court in West Azerbaijan province. She was arrested in Saqqez for taking part in protests against the sudden rise in gasoline prices in Iran in November 2019 but she was later released on...

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March 17, 2020

Heavy Bail Issued for Temporary Release of a Prisoner Detained During November Protests

A one billion tomans bail has been set for the temporary release of Fatemeh Davand by Judge Javad Ghulami, a close relative of Davand has told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Fatemeh Davand was arrested in Saqqez for taking part in protests against the rise in gasoline prices in Iran in November 2019. She is currently held at the Women's Ward of...

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December 22, 2019

Kurdish Female Forced to Make False Confession

A Kurdish resident of Bukan arrested during the November protests in Iran was forced to make a false confession, and transferred to the Orumiyeh Central Prison following her interrogation, a close relative of the detainee told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network. Fatemeh Davand was arrested in Bukan on 17 November and transferred to the detention centre of the Ministry of Intelligence in Orumiyeh. She was under pressure...

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